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Scotland emerging as key growth market for data centre developers

Published in Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

Dan Evans, Associate Director at Lichfields, discusses the results of the company’s recent data centre study, which finds that, for developers, Scotland offers something few regions or countries can match - abundant low-carbon energy, space for expansion and a strong engineering base. The combination of renewable generation, cool climate and established technical skills creates ideal conditions for sustainable data centre operations. Dan also explains that, while Scotland meets the growing...

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nLighten sets new sustainability benchmark

Published in Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

Francesco Marasco, VP Energy Operations and Sustainability, nLighten, explains why the European data centre provider has published the first ICFEn (Integrated Carbon-Free Energy) scores for its facilities, marking a significant milestone in data centre sustainability measurement. The innovative scoring methodology goes beyond traditional industry standards by capturing hourly carbon-free energy matching, heat recovery, and contributions to grid stability. Developed in collaboration with the...

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£15 billion green data centre network planned for Scotland’s central belt

Published in Design + Optimisation Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Infrastructure + Hardware Power & Cooling

Mark Wilson, CEO of ILI Group, discusses the ILI Group’s plans for three new hyperscale data centres across Scotland, creating what it calls The Stoics – a £15 billion Green Digital Network spanning the central belt. The projects, named after Stoic philosophers, are located in Fife (Cato), East Ayrshire (Rufus), and North Lanarkshire (Aurelius). The Stoics will stand among the largest hyperscale data centre clusters globally - more than double the size of many of today’s biggest...

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Specialist logistics underpins AI-fuelled data centre expansion

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Keith Young, Global Head of Last Mile Services at Arvato, explains how the recent entry into the US data centre market is the latest step in the strategic integration of ATC, the Irish logistics company that became part of Arvato earlier this year. By embedding scalable processes, advanced technologies, and a unified global delivery model, the organisation supports its clients in meeting the increasing complexity and speed of modern digital infrastructure projects, whether in Europe, the US...

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Unlocking Africa’s digital infrastructure future - data centre developments are key

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Conrad Purcell, partner at Haynes Boone, explains how data centre development in sub-Saharan Africa is accelerating, driven by rising digital demand and infrastructure investment. While project finance through DFI lending offers a viable route for funding these projects, they still come with challenges such as power grid reliability, political and social instability and contractor limitations. Despite these hurdles, strategic risk mitigation, market appropriate contract drafting and surging...

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Mind the gap!

Published in Energy Management Hosting + Colocation Power & Cooling

Alex Stoewer, CEO of Greenlight Data Centers, outlines the data centre challenge as AI adoption is moving faster than infrastructure build out. Greenlight builds for the real world, one where extreme weather is normal, grid instability is rising and every hour of downtime costs millions. Alex discusses how Greenlight shortens build timelines through early utility partnerships, de-risks projects with local stakeholder engagement and future-proofs facilities against the kinds of failures that...

JLL bolsters Data Centres team with EMEA appointments

Key hires reinforce existing leadership team as the firm identifies 742MW hyperscale construction...

PAIX Data Centres forms joint venture with Djibouti Sovereign Fund

The new facility will serve as a strategic interconnection hub for internet service providers...

FM Resilience Index 2026: a snapshot of business environment resilience

The 2026 FM Resilience Index ranks 130 countries and territories by business environment...

Teraco commences construction on 120MW utility-scale solar power plant

Teraco, a Digital Realty company and provider of interconnection platforms and vendor-neutral...

Schneider Electric appoints Matthew Baynes VP of data centre division

Schneider Electric appoints Matthew Baynes as Vice President, driving AI-fueled data centre growth...

Kao Data becomes NVIDIA DGX-ready

NVIDIA DGX-Ready status enables Kao Data to support and host the latest NVIDIA accelerated...

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